FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – After the first day of competition, 10 Castleton University wrestlers remain alive in the championship brackets at the Citrus Invitational in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
 
Castleton is in second place as a team after the opening day of competition, collecting 95 points as a team. The NWCA's 24th-ranked Spartans trail only No. 7 Augsburg, which has 117.5 points as a team after one day. Castleton leads the third-place team, No. 16 John Carroll by 15 points, as JCU has 80 team points after Wednesday.
 
The Spartans have representatives remaining in eight of the 10 weight classes, with two wrestlers still in contention for the title at both 174 and 184 pounds. Five other Spartans remain alive in the consolation side of their respective brackets.
 
Logan Dubuque led the way with a 3-0 day at 157 pounds, while nine others went 2-0 as all 10 have reached the semifinals of their weight class. Kaya Bogle represents Castleton at 125 pounds, followed by Michael Gonyea at 133, Nick Roeger at 149, Michael Angers at 165, Syrus Colon and Cooper Fleming at 174, Sampson Wilkins and Haven Tatarek at 184 and Chance LaPier at 197.
 
Owen Kretschmer (125), James Rodriguez (141), Alec Richards (184), Abbas Abdulrahman (285) and Bryan Bonilla (285) remain in the consolation bracket.
 
Bogle will open Thursday's competition against the NWCA's No. 5 125-pounder Nathan Rankin. Dubuque draws Augsburg's Tyler Shilson, the No. 3 157-pounder in the country in his semifinal matchup, while Colon will face the 14th-ranked 174-pounder in Dan Devera. Wilkins will do battle with the 11th-ranked 184-pounder Nick Rogge from Augsburg.
 
For the Spartans in the latest national rankings, Rodriguez and Angers appear in the rankings of their respective weight classes: Rodriguez 12th at 141 pounds and Angers 10th at 165 pounds.

The remaining matches of the Citrus Invitational begin at 9 a.m. Thursday.